Understanding the complex interplay of gut microbes and health Our intestines contain trillions of bacteria, fungi, and viruses which play a crucial role in our overall well-being. These ...

Researchers make more progress toward growing human intestines in mice, paving the way for better models of intestinal function and failure. Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she ...

The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus able to reach the bloodstream and spread throughout the body. Plastic ...

Studies looking at A muciniphila’s interaction with the immune system in mice have revealed that it calms the immune system ...

Knocking out a single gene reprograms part of the large intestine to function like the nutrient-absorbing small intestine.

which indicates that this effect could also work in the human intestine." Ci Ashley Zhu, senior postdoc and first author of the study This study provided new mechanistic insights into the ...

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